Highlights from Wan-Ifra India 2016

The Wan-Ifra India 2016 Conference, the 24th edition of the annual event, took place in Kolkata on 21-22 September.

It was the first time the city hosted the event, which saw an attendance of 400 delegates from 95 companies and 22 countries. Rahul Kumar brings you some snapshots.

28 Sep 2016 | By PrintWeek India

DD Purkayastha inaugurates the Wan-Ifra India 2016 Conference in Kolkata on 21 September

Magdoom Mohamed of Wan-Ifra welcomes the delegates. Total 400 delegates from 95 companies and 22 countries attended the conference

Team Manroland, which finalised a deal on automatic registration and cut-off control system with Lokmat Media

TechNova, the Indian partner of Agfa, highlighted the new generation Advantage N Essentials range of violet CTP systems, especially for the newspaper segment

Damian Staedeli of ABB said the company’s solutions concern mostly the bigger newspapers, such as Times and ABP. Therefore, he said, the interest in ABB systems is currently limited in India

During his talk, Ambi Parameshwaran of Brand-Building.com said newspapers would have to present themselves differently

During his speech, Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, founder of Bandhan Bank, emphasised on micro finance and explained how he established a financial institution

During his speech, RP Lakshmivenkatraman of The Hindu said during implementation of the new publishing system, it was tough to satisfy the edit team as they come with a set mindset

(from left) Pradeep Unny of Amar Ujala and Pawan Tyagi of TPH. Amar Ujala has been a loyal customer of TPH for ages

Ashish Aron of 4C Plus. The company highlighted its Newswrap editorial system and CIO 365, its advertising and circulation managing solutions

Ravindra Gandhi (extreme right), the managing director of Wellprint, is an MBBS degree holder. Wellprint manufactures newspaper printing inks and offset printing inks, and deals in rollers, fountain solutions and washes

Newstech has recently sold two Mitsubishi web offset printing presses to Malayala Manorama

Poddar Global, the only company except newspaper publishers themselves, who import and sell newsprint in India, has warehouses in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Kochi, Delhi and Guwahati

Hamburg, Germany-based ppi Media, an international workflow specialist for automated newspaper production and cross-media publishing, said the company is focusing on regional languages market in India. It has added Hindi, Bengali, Kannada and Tamil to its portfolio

During his speech, Manfred Werfel of Wan-Ifra said newsprint production has grown 5% globally despite challenges

During his speech, Suresh Kuppusamy of Deccan Herald explained how they implemented print quality standardisation across multiple printing plants

Swapan Chaudhuri (standing) of New Hub Media is exploring the market for Claro, an image enhancement software

Manugraph highlighted its Ecoline and Smartline range of presses at the exhibition in the sidelines of the conference

Maniraju Bora of Trelleborg said the company is further strengthening its presence in India in order to meet the needs of the growing newspaper sector